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Incessant Attacks: Christian Body Criticizes Federal Government On Kaduna Killings - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 23, 2020
The Christian body in a statement alleged that the statement issued by a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu was meant to twist facts about the criminal activities of suspected herdsmen in Southern Kaduna. It would be recalled that in a statement released by Shehu, the Presidency attributed Kaduna killings to criminal gangs acting on ethnic, religious grounds.
But the CAN Chairman Reverend Joseph John Hayab, in his response contained in a statement, condemned the Presidency’s reaction on the killings.
He added that Shehu Garba had misinformed the Nigerians and the international community that Southern Kaduna enjoys comprehensive security deployments. However, the Kaduna State Police Command said it had arrested 217 suspected kidnappers, bandits, robbers, and cattle rustlers, among others


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Incessant Attacks: Gunmen Kill Four Plateau Mining Workers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 24, 2022
A community leader Emmanuel Dong, who confirmed the attack, said
the incident happened around at 6:00pm.
Plateau State Police Command Spokesman Gabriel Ubah, who also
confirmed the development, said personnel have been deployed to the
area and calm has returned to the area.
Also, a member representing Jos South/Jos East in the National
Assembly, Dachung Musa Bagos described the killing as one death, too
many.
He also sympathised with the families of Lo-Bwong of Lo-Tang, in
Hwolshe, Jos South Local Government Area over the inhumane and cold
blooded killing of members of their family by callous and bloodthirsty
bandits.
Bagos’ Media Adviser Danja Dafwam Yaks in a statement said the
recent massacre which resulted in the death of three of his constituents,
one other person and a woman recuperating in the hospital occurred at
Dong Village.

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Incessant Attacks: Gunmen Kill Four Plateau Mining Workers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 24, 2022
A community leader Emmanuel Dong, who confirmed the attack, said the incident happened around at 6:00pm.
Plateau State Police Command Spokesman Gabriel Ubah, who also confirmed the development, said personnel have been deployed to the area and calm has returned to the area.
Also, a member representing Jos South/Jos East in the National Assembly, Dachung Musa Bagos described the killing as one death, too many.
He also sympathised with the families of Lo-Bwong of Lo-Tang, in Hwolshe, Jos South Local Government Area over the inhumane and cold blooded killing of members of their family by callous and bloodthirsty bandits.
Bagos’ Media Adviser Danja Dafwam Yaks in a statement said the recent massacre which resulted in the death of three of his constituents, one other person and a woman recuperating in the hospital occurred at Dong Village.
The lawmaker however frowned at the easy means where small arms and light weapons find their ways indiscriminately into the country and moved around the country without traces. He also called on the Federal and state governments to urge the security agencies to take more seriously the insecurity around the state and the country at large.

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Incessant Attacks: House Of Reps Set Up Committee To Investigate Plateau - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 15, 2021
This is coming following the adoption of a motion on matter of urgent public importance by the Deputy Speaker of the House Ahmed Wase, on Tuesday in Abuja. The House gave the committee two weeks to probe the incident and report back its findings.
Wase, while moving the motion, said some bandits had set up camps in forests around the area, attacking, kidnapping and killing people in the communities.
He added that several bandits had relocated to the forests around Wase Federal Constituency through Bauchi and Taraba state.
The Lawmaker recalled that on December 11, bandits attacked Pinau Village in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau state killing several people and injuring many.
He, however, applauded security agencies in Plateau for their quick intervention and arrest of over 10 suspects linked to the attack.
The House thereafter, urged the Ministry of Defense to initiate a coordinated Joint Security Operation within Wase Federal Constituency and adjoining towns located in Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Nasarawa States.

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Incessant Attacks: Kajuru Builds Police Divisional Office To Check Crimes - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 20, 2019
Kajuru local government council in Kaduna State has procured two parcels of land to build Divisional Police headquarters and peace monument at Kasuwan-Magani community.
The Council Chairman Cafra Caino made this known while presenting a check worth millions of naira to land owners during a peace summit held at the local government Secretariat. He added that move was made to ensure that the residents co-exist harmoniously with one another.
Cafra explained that the Divisional Police headquarters alongside staff quarters will be constructed to provide adequate security for the people living in the area. While a peace building monument in collaboration with the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution will also be sited, a development he said will further strengthen the relationship hitherto enjoyed by the people in the area.
Earlier, residents of Kasuwan Magani, Sani Saleh and Abdulhamid Abubakar thanked the state and local government, and pledged the community readiness to guard the projects.


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INCESSANT ATTACKS: Northern Youths allege 600 armed bandits hiding in Kaduna hill - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 22, 2020
The Kaura Youth Coalition, KYC and Takad Youths Association, TYA have alleged that some 600 bandits with sophisticated weapons are hiding on the Zangzang Hill in Kaura local government area of Kaduna State, urging security operatives to dislodge them.
The KYC President, Derrick Christopher and his counterpart, Abin Vincent, in a statement called on government to immediately establish a military base between Kaura and Ryom councils to address the inflow of criminals.
It pointed out that there is an ongoing mining of tin (goza) by Ganawuri natives, who sell the products in Jos of Plateau State and it is on the same camp that the Takad, Fulani and Sholio natives were slaughtered at will. The Group however, expressed satisfaction with efforts by security operatives in arresting five bandits terrorizing the community.
Also, the Coalition of Northern Groups for Good Governance, has cautioned politicians behind the killings and sponsored protests to repent of their mission to destabilise Nigeria.
The Coalition’s President, Abu Mohammed, while speaking at a news  conference in Abuja, alleged that the partisan merchants of violence and killings were contracted to cause unrest, agony and bloodshed in parts of the north.

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Incessant Attacks: President Buhari Directs Air Force To Shell Bandits In Niger State - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 27, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the constant attacks by bandits on communities in Niger state and its environs, directing the Nigerian Air Force, NAF to deploy its fighter aircrafts towards checking the menace.
The President, who gave the order in a statement issued byhis Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja,described the incessant attacks which claimed several lives in the affectedcommunities as a disaster for the nation.
He directed the deployment of air power to support troopsand policemen deployed to the difficult terrain to counter the menace of theattackers operating in the forest area bordering Kaduna, Niger and ZamfaraStates.
In line with this directive, according to the presidentialaide, the Nigerian Air Force is setting up refueling facilities at Minna, NigerState, to support the air operations.Shehu added that relevant military authoritieshad assured the President that given the improved weather conditions, a majorexercise to ‘visually acquire targets’ and launch attacks would soon follow

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Incessant Attacks: Troops Kill 3 Terrorists, Rescue 8 Residents In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 19, 2022
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan, announced this in a statement in Kaduna, said eight kidnapped victims were also rescued in the Chikun operation.
He added that military authorities reported to the state government that troops engaged and repelled terrorists during operations in Chikun and Igabi local government areas. The report said troops in the Maraban Rido general area of Chikun local government area responded to sounds of gunfire and swiftly mobilised toward the target location in Ungwan Musa.
Aruwan also stated that a similar attack at Unguwar Tasha in Birnin Yero in Igabi local government area was successfully foiled by security forces, when terrorists tried to force their way into residential buildings in the area.
He added that a terrorists’ attack was foiled in Hayin Kanwa, Giwa local government area.

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Incessant Attacks: Unknown Gunmen Kill 9 Dead, Injure One In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 23, 2021
Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement issued that the attack, carried out by unknown gunmen, also led to the injury of one person.
He added that the incident was reported to the Kaduna State government by troops of Operation Safe Haven, who responded to distress calls and mobilized to the area. According to him, the assailants fled on sighting the troops.
Aruwan also said the troops rescued 12 persons while they were fleeing from the attackers, noting that the troops were still carrying out search and rescue operations, and would announced the exact number of casualties at the end of the exercise.
The Acting Governor of the sate Hadiza Balarabe has however, condemned the recent spate of devastating attacks in the area and prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased, and sent condolences to their families.

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Incessant Floods: Residents Shut Trademore Estate, Protest Planned Demolition. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 4, 2023
This comes days after the estate was declared a disaster zone, in light of flash floods which submerged houses and vehicles in the estate about a week ago, a recurring situation at the peak of the rainy season annually.
A shower of rain which started around 9 am on June 23 resulted in a flash flood and traffic jam as residents were trapped in their houses.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said more than 116 houses were submerged at the estate following a heavy downpour.
Although no life was lost, the Chairman of the residents association, Adewale Adenaike, said the association was worried that the flash floods had become an annual occurrence within the estate.
The permanent secretary of the FCTA, Olusade Adesola, declared the Trademore area a disaster zone that needs immediate action to remedy further damages and loss of lives and properties.


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Incessant Killings: NCWS Decries Challenges Of Nigerians In Diaspora - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 22, 2019
The National Council of Women’s Societies, NCWS have decriedincessant killings of Nigerians in diaspora without proper investigation ofalleged suspects or satisfactory response from host countries.
The Council’s National President, Gloria Shoda in astatement described it as worrisome, calling for proper investigation andprosecution of suspects implicated of the crimes.
The President referred to recent death of the Deputy Director-General of Chartered InsuranceInstitute of Nigeria  Elizabeth Ndubuisi-Chukwu, who was found dead in her hotel room in Johannesburg as unfortunate.
The Council, however, called for investigation of the deathof a PhD Student, Thomas Ewansiha in Malaysia, who allegedly died in custody ofImmigration, while on detention on July 5.
She therefore, urged investigating authorities to uncoverthe truth and ensure full investigation into the deaths of Nigerians in thediaspora to enable justice to prevail.


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Incessant Killings: Osinbajo Says FG Will Deploy More Soldiers To Secure Roads - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 15, 2019
The Federal Government is to engagethe army to ensure more military presence on roads across the nation.
Vice President Osinbajo said this inAkure, Ondo State when he visited Reuben Fasoranti, Afenifere’s leader tosympathise with him over the death of his daughter Funke Olakunrin.
Osinbajo, who spoke with journalistsin Akure at the residence of Fasoranti, described the incident as tragic whilereiterating the importance of community policing system and intelligencegathering in securing the country.
He said the government was doingeverything possible to improve the nation’s security architecture to ensure theprotection of lives and property.
The late Olakunrin was shot onFriday by gunmen in Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area, OndoState.
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Incessant Killings: President Buhari Urges End To Tit-For-Tat Violence In Plateau - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 28, 2020
President  Muhammadu Buhari  has condemned attacks that resulted in the death of thirteen persons in Plateau State, assuring that insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and associated crimes will be defeated.
Buhari made this known in a statement by his Senior SpecialAssistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja, as in Plateau State,gunmen launched yet another bloody attack, killing innocent citizens.
He called on community and religious leaders to counsel theyouths on the need for peaceful co-existence.
The President expressed his condolences to families of thevictims, government and people of Plateau State and urged security agencies inthe State to rediscover their act and stop the return of the ugly days oftit-for-tat.

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Incessant Lecturers’ Strikes: FG Will Honour Agreements With ASUU, Buhari Tells C.A.N, Sultan - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 2, 2022
This is according to President Muhammadu Buhari who gave the
assurance at the presidential villa, Abuja while receiving members of the
Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, led by the Sultan of Sokoto,
Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, and the President of the Christian
Association of Nigeria, Rev, Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle.
The President commended the leadership of NIREC for intervening in
the year-long strike by ASUU and holding consultations with the parties,
saying no society which wishes itself well neglects its educational
system and all its component parts.
This is even as he urged the council to tell ASUU that his administration
regards them and the service they provide to the nation very highly.
According to him, he had directed his Chief of Staff, the Honourable
Ministers of Labour and Employment and Education to make resolving
this issue a priority.

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Incessant Stikes: ASUU Seeks Bill To Regulate Foreign Education For Public Officers’ Children - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 28, 2022
The union, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday in Yenagoa.
The NLC said if the rich and poor go to the same university or institution, strikes will be a thing of the past, and will build a better society by developing formidable educational institutions and improve funding of the university system in Nigeria.
The NLC embarked on the nationwide protest in solidarity with the ASUU and other affiliate unions over the lingering industrial action in public universities in Nigeria.
Lecturers in government-owned universities commenced a nationwide strike on Feb. 14 over the adoption of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, as a payment system in the university sector, among other demands.


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Incessant Strike: ASUP Urges President-Elect Prioritise Education - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 12, 2023
ASUP President, Anderson Ezeibe, who made the call, noted that the Union had embarked on a series of industrial actions in the last eight years as the Federal Government failed to meet their demands.
It will be recalled that ASUP had downed tools for 147 days between January 2017 and December 2021, the figure has, however, increased as the union also embarked on strike in 2022.
In another development, the National Industrial Court, has fixed May 30 to deliver judgement in the suit filed by the federal government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The government in the suit, dragged Union before the court to determine the substantive suit filed during the 2022 ASUU’s eight-month strike.


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Incessant Strike: ASUP Urges President-Elect Prioritise Education. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 12, 2023
ASUP President, Anderson Ezeibe, who made the call, noted that the Union had embarked on a series of industrial actions in the last eight years as the Federal Government failed to meet their demands.
It will be recalled that ASUP had downed tools for 147 days between January 2017 and December 2021, the figure has, however, increased as the union also embarked on strike in 2022.
In another development, the National Industrial Court, has fixed May 30 to deliver judgement in the suit filed by the federal government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The government in the suit, dragged Union before the court to determine the substantive suit filed during the 2022 ASUU’s eight-month strike.


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Incessant Strikes: FG Plans Mandatory Training For Labour Leaders - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 11, 2021
The training will take place at the National Institute of Labour Studies, Ilorin Kwara state.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who made this known at the 2022 Budget Defence of the ministry at the House of Representatives in Abuja, added that this would address the incessant labour crises in the country.
Ngige said this in a statement signed by Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry Charles Akpan.
According to Ngige, the proposed training will equip the labour leaders with the knowledge of labour laws and the International Labour Organisation ILO Conventions, in order to curb the incessant industrial disputes in the country.
The minister also noted that the ministry has made provision for the establishment of Rapid Response Labour Desk Offices across the 36 states to help nip in the bud some of the industrial crises.

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Incessants Attacks: Ortom, Sule Appeal To FG To Sustain ‘Operation Whirl Stroke’ - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 13, 2020
Governor Abdullahi Sule, of NasarawaState and his Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom, have appealed to theFederal Government to sustain the military operation code-named: ‘Operation WhirlStroke’, to guarantee full restoration of peace in the region.
They made the appeal at a jointsecurity meeting in Lafia, following tensions arising from the federalgovernment’s decision to withdraw the military involved in the securityoperation covering Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states.
According to the Governors,sustaining the military operation for at least another two years would ensurethe full restoration of peace as well as flushing out all criminal elementsoperating in the region.
Sule, in his submission, notedthat there had not been any serious security breach since the announcement forthe withdrawal of the military. He however said that there was tension andfear, especially in the border communities, with residents leaving their homes.
On his part, Ortom wants the federalgovernment to reconsider its decision on the withdrawal of the military, sayingthat peace is yet to be fully restored to the various communities. He addedthat most of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs from last year’s attack inBenue were yet to be fully returned to their homes.

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Inconclusive Elections: INEC Cites Competitiveness, Political Awareness As Factors Responsible - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 28, 2019
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Thursday in Kaduna saidsteep competition among leading political parties in the country was largelyresponsible for the inconclusive elections recorded in 2019.
INEC’sNational Commissioner for North Central Zone,Antonia Simbine,stated this whilepresenting Certificate of Return to Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State onThursday in Kaduna.
Simbinesaid that while the nation’s internal democracy was deepening after sixsuccessive elections, the system was being faced by many other emergingrealities.
She,however, expressed concern over the lack of internal democracy among theleading political parties in the country and called for a reverse to allow forpeace and harmony within the parties.
According to her, the Commission views thistrend with grave concerns and will continue to work on greater voterenlightenment for mandate protection as well as with the security agencies tocurtail the ugly trend

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Inconsistency: Rejected Bills Rise To 41 As Buhari Declines Signing Two More - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 9, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has again declined assent to two more bills transmitted to him from the National Assembly, bringing the number of rejected bills to 41 since June 9, 2015.
Buhari conveyed his decision to withdraw assent to the Nigeria Tourism Development Authority Bill and Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority Bill in two separate letters to Senate President, Bukola Saraki and read at plenary.
President Buhari said some sections of the Nigeria Tourism Development Authority Repeal and re-enactment bill contradicts the second schedule of the 1999 Constitution.
He argued that section thirty of the bill proposed tourism fee on all in-bound international travellers, tourism levy on all out-bound travellers and one per cent tourism departure contribution fee per hotel room rate.
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Increase Security Efforts, Reps Direct Security Operatives - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 25, 2019
TheHouse of Representatives has urged the Chief of Defence Staff and other headsof the Armed Forces to double their already commendable efforts to weed outinsurgents from Nigerian territory.
Thiswas sequel to a unanimous adoption of the motion under matters of urgent publicimportance by Uchechuku Nnam-Obi at Thursday’s Plenary.
Moving the motion, Nnam-Obi decried the devastating effect of insurgency in Northern Nigeria which he said had lasted for 10 years.
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Hesaid that the scourge started on July 26, 2009 and in spite of the FederalGovernment concerted efforts to eliminate same; it had continued to bedevil theregion.
Nnam-Obisaid that it was causing severe social economic meltdown particularly in Borno,Yobe and Adamawa.
Accordingto him, the Nigerian military have deployed men and materials in great numbersto quell insurgency in this region.
TheHouse, therefore, observed a minute silence for the souls of the men of theArmed Forces recently ambushed and other Nigerians who have lost their lives inthe course the war.

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Increasing Fuel Subsidy: Nigerian Economy At High Risk – World Bank - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 18, 2022
The Washington-based lender said this in a new biannual report known
as Africa’s Pulse.
According to the bank, Nigeria is projected to have a 3.8 per cent growth
in 2022, adding that as an oil-dependent country, weak oil production
hampers economic recovery.
It added that the increasing fuel subsidy poses a high risk to the
country’s economic growth, despite the increase in oil prices.
According to the World Bank, the high level of oil prices will affect
countries that are shielding the impact on their consumers through fuel
subsidies, such as Nigeria and Ethiopia.
In 2021, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said fuel subsidy
gulped N1.43tn, although there was no record for under-recovery in
January.
The National Assembly has approved N4tn as fuel subsidy bill for 2022,
which is an increase of 179.72 per cent over the previous year’s subsidy
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Increasing Population: Oil And Gas Exports Can No Longer Feed Nigeria - Obasanjo - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 5, 2022
Obasanjo spoke when the leaders of the apex socio-cultural group in Tiv land of Benue State visited him at his Presidential Library residence in Abeokuta in Ogun state.
The former president noted that only farming and agricultural related businesses could engage the growing population.
In 2019, Obasanjo called for greater investment in farming, saying crude oil, Nigeria’s economic mainstay is gone forever.

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Incursion: Court Orders CBN To Pay N8bn Over Benue Communities’ Invasion By Soldiers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 19, 2019
The Federal High Court on Monday ordered the CentralBank of Nigeria to immediately pay the sum of 8 billion naira awarded in favourof some Tiv communities in Logo, Ukum, Kwande and Katsina-Ala Local GovernmentAreas of Benue State for the losses of lives and property they suffered duringthe invasions by soldiers of the Nigerian Army in 2001.
Justice Nyang Ekwo made this order following thegarnishee application by the communities.
The application was for the enforcement of theconsent judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal in Enugu on February 2, 2015.
The judge, who had earlier granted the preliminary“garnishee nisi”, made the garnishee order “absolute” on Monday, by orderingthe CBN to pay the sum of N8bn into an interest-yielding account to be openedand maintained in First Bank of Nigeria Plc by the Chief Registrar of thecourt.
The judge added that he would subsequently make an order for the disbursement of the money after the CBN complies with the order for the payment. .


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Independence: Buhari Restates Nigeria’s Support For Sahrawi Republic - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 13, 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja restated Nigeria’s support for the peopleof the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and her quest for self-determinationand independence.
Atan audience granted the President of SADR, Brahim Ghali at the State House, theNigerian leader stressed that the country’s position is in line with theseveral resolutions of the African Union,AU and the United Nations,UN on thematter.
Hesaid Nigeria remains committed to supporting the efforts of the AU and the UNtowards finding a lasting solution to the Sahrawi problem.
Earlier,Ghali had congratulated President Buhari on his re-election and the successfulcelebration of Democracy Day.
Hecommended Nigeria’s past support for SADR during President Buhari’s tenure asmilitary Head of State, and the country’s support for liberation movements onthe African continent.
TheSADR leader said the weight of Nigeria’s support remained crucial to the finalresolution of the “continued colonisation of his people.


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Independence Day: Gbajabiamila, Wase Task Nigerians On Unity, Prayers For Country - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 1, 2019
Speakerof the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has urged Nigerians toremain united as the country marks her 59Independence Dayanniversary.
Ina statement marking Nigeria’s 59 Independence, Gbajabiamilasaid Nigeria has come a long way as one indivisible entity, which every citizenmust work to protect.
TheLawmaker also enjoined Nigerians to pray for the country and its leaders forthe entrenchment of good governance and the wellbeing of the people.
Onhis part, the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase congratulated Nigerians on theoccasion of the nation’s 59th independence anniversary.
Ina statement, Wase urged Nigerians to support the government at all levels,saying the task of nation-building requires the contribution of every citizen.
Hecalled on Nigerians to improve the way they relate with one another, addingthat there is the urgent need for the people to begin to seethemselves first as Nigerians, rather than individual ethnic or sectionalgroups or the other.

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Independence Day: Muslims Offer Special Prayers To Mark Nigeria’s 59th Anniversary - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2019
Muslims on Friday converged on AbujaNational Mosque and offered special prayers for peace and sustainabledevelopment as Nigeria prepares to mark her 59thindependence anniversary.
The Mosque’s Murshid, ShehuGaladanci led the special prayer after leading other Muslim faithful to a twoRaka’at congregational prayer as part of activities to mark Nigeria’sindependence anniversary.
Galadanci prayed to almighty God toguide leaders in making decisions that would affect the lives of manyNigerians. He also prayed to almighty God to assist the nation to overcome someof the challenges, especially in the areas of insecurity, corruption andeconomy.
The event was attended by thePresident-General of Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs and Sultan of Sokoto,Sa’ad Abubakar, the Etsu Nupe, Yahaya Abubakar, and federal Capital TerritoryMinister Muhammad Bello, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari.
Also at the event wererepresentatives of Service Chiefs, with DIG Usman Tilli representing theInspector-General of Police.

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Independence Day: Police Assure Of Adequate Security In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 1, 2019
The Kaduna State Police Command has reassured people of thestate of adequate security during the Independence Day celebration.
The Command’s Spokesperson Yakubu Sabo, who gave theassurance in a statement in Kaduna, said the command has deployed officers,both uniformed and plain cloth, across the state particularly in public placesand recreational centres.
It called on the general public to go about their lawfulbusinesses and report any suspicious movement or persons to the nearest Policestation.
Sabo warned that all forms of processions and use offireworks remained banned, as such any person or group of persons who tookadvantage of the celebration to violate the ban would be dealt with.


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India, Nigeria Working Closely To Counter Terrorism, Tackle Radicalisation – Envoy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 16, 2021
Thakur announced this while answering reporters’ questions on the sidelines of the commemoration of the 75 Independence Anniversary of India at the high commission in Abuja.
He noted that India would continue to support Nigeria’s security and defense agencies in tackling banditry and other related crimes. According to him, India and Nigeria have enjoyed years of friendship dating back since independence of both countries.
The Indian Envoy also emphasised that both countries would sustain the friendship across all sectors. He said India had a thriving trade relationship with Nigeria.
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Indian Hemp: NYSC DG Threatens That Corps Members Caught Smoking Will Be Dismissed - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 29, 2019
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps,NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that any corps members caughtsmoking Indian hemp would be dismissed.
Ibrahim stated this while addressing Batch B Stream2 corps members undergoing orientation at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Campin Sagamu, on Friday.
The director-general noted that if anyone was caughtbreaking the rules or abusing drugs and substances, such corps member would behanded over to the police and dismissed for good.
He also urged the corps members to take advantage ofthe Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme put in placeby the NYSC to empower the youth develop the entrepreneurship skills to makethem self-reliant.
He said the Bank of Industry and the CBN were readyto provide incentives in form of short loans to aid corps members’ commercialdrive.


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Indiscipline: Mali Player Latest To Be Kicked Out Of 2019 AFCON - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
June 28, 2019
Malihave expelled striker Adama Niane from their squad for indiscipline, the thirdplayer to be turfed out by his team at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON.
Reportssaid the 26-year-old Belgium-based player had slapped a team mate in analtercation over queuing.
Thedecision came on the eve of Friday’s Group E match against Tunisia in Suez.
Earlier,Burundi had sent home 32-year-old midfielder Selemani Ndikumana forill-discipline before their first game without offering any further details.
OnWednesday Egypt sent Amr Warda packing for what the Egypt Football Associationdescribed as “disciplinary reasons”.
Warda,who plays for Greek club Atromitos on loan from PAOK, has been widely accusedof trolling women on social media.
Hehas been the subject of a previous complaint, filed with Egypt’s AttorneyGeneral, of harassing a fashion model on Instagram.
Wardahas since posted a video on Facebook in which he apologised.


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Indiscriminate Use Of Drugs: NAFDAC Warns Against Abuse Of Antibiotics, Says It May Lead To Death - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 29, 2021
It said the situation has further accelerated Antimicrobial Resistance
(AMR), resulting in avoidable deaths.
Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the
warning at the virtual 2021 World Antimicrobial Resistance Week
(WAAW) themed, ‘Spread Awareness Stop Resistance’.
She said the war against AMR has not only gained global attention but
also become a battle the human race must win.
According to her, NAFDAC is using the stakeholders’ meeting, to mark
its participation in the 2021 WAAW, targeting professionals in the
healthcare sector, veterinarians, animal husbandry professionals, plant
pathologists and individuals that use antimicrobial agents.
AMR is the ability of a pathogenic microorganism to resist the effect of
antimicrobial agents when used to treat internal or external infections in
human and animal populations.

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Indiscriminate Use Of Drugs: NAFDAC Warns Against Abuse Of Antibiotics, Says It May Lead To Death - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
November 29, 2021
It said the situation has further accelerated Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), resulting in avoidable deaths.
Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning at the virtual 2021 World Antimicrobial Resistance Week (WAAW) themed, ‘Spread Awareness Stop Resistance’.
She said the war against AMR has not only gained global attention but also become a battle the human race must win.
According to her, NAFDAC is using the stakeholders’ meeting, to mark its participation in the 2021 WAAW, targeting professionals in the healthcare sector, veterinarians, animal husbandry professionals, plant pathologists and individuals that use antimicrobial agents.
AMR is the ability of a pathogenic microorganism to resist the effect of antimicrobial agents when used to treat internal or external infections in human and animal populations.


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Indonesia: Java Quake Kills 14 And Injures Hundreds - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 21, 2022
The 5.6 magnitude quake struck Cianjur town in West Java, at a shallow depth of 10kilometers 6 miles, according to US Geological Survey data.
The tremor could be felt in the capital Jakarta about 100km away, where people in tall buildings were evacuated.
Officials however warned, the death toll could rise and of possible aftershocks.
At least 300 people were being treated for injuries at one hospital in Cianjur. Most of the injuries were bone fractures sustained from being trapped by debris in buildings.
According to local reports, rescuers have been trying to evacuate people from collapsed buildings, and managed to save a woman and her baby.

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Indonesian President Calls For South-East Asian Travel Corridor - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 25, 2021
Joko disclosed this to a business forum ahead of the summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ASEAN scheduled for October 26 to 28.
He said countries in the region had imposed some of the world’s toughest restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19.
He said the so-called ASEAN Travel Corridor Arrangement proposed by Indonesia in 2020 should be implemented as soon as possible.
On October 14, Indonesia reopened its tourist islands of Bali and Riau Archipelago to visitors from 19 countries.
However, fellow ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand were not among them.
Indonesia has gradually eased COVID-19 restrictions after a surge in  cases overwhelmed hospitals in June and July, but in recent weeks daily cases have sunk to below 1,000.
The world’s fourth most populous country has recorded more than 4.2 million coronavirus cases with more than 143,000 deaths.

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Industrial Action: ASUP Threatens Strike Over FG’s Failure To Implement Agreement - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Abubakar Abubakar
April 9, 2019
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics ASUP has threatened to embark on a one week national strike over alleged failure of the Federal Government to implement the agreement it reached with the union recently.
ASUP National Publicity Secretary, Chris Nkoro, said the decision was taken during the 94th National Executive Council meeting of the union, held from Monday to Friday at the Shehu Idris College of Health Science and Technology, Makarfi, Kaduna State.
The union had early in February, suspended its two-month industrial action over non implementation of the said agreement by the federal government.
Nkoro did not however say when the planned strike would commence, said that the Conditions in State Polytechnics/Monotechnics in terms of delay in payment of salaries, arrears of promotions, and other infractions were still sources of grave concern to the NEC.

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Industrial Action: ASUU Says FG Reluctant Over 2019 Agreement, Threatens Strike, - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 24, 2019
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has threatened to embark on another strike action for the failure of Federal Government to honour the 2019 Memorandum of Action.
ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi stated this at a briefing in Abuja while giving an update on the ongoing renegotiation with the government and to clear the air over the twenty five billion naira confirmed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu to have been approved for universities.
Ogunyemi said the money was meant to be a part-payment of the Earned Academic Allowances and should have been released between February 15 and 28, 2019, as agreed, but has been not done.
He explained that since information on the amount mentioned in the media went round, ASUU has been besieged with inquiries on the union’s perspective to the story.


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Industrial Action: Asuu Threatens Strike If Fg Fails To Sign Draft Renegotiated Agreement - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 6
August 16, 2021
The union at its national executive council meeting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, says government should be held responsible for the possible industrial disharmony.
ASUU national president, Professor Victor Emmanuel says the union hopes the government will urgently sign the agreement to sustain and improve on the current industrial peace on the university campuses.

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Industrial Action: ASUU To Suspend Strike Soon - Ngige - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
September 30, 2020
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, says the Academic Staff Union of Universities would soon suspend its strike.
He explained that the Ministries of Finance, Education, Labour and Employment and the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation will meet with ASUU to resolve the disagreement on the controversial Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.
members of ASUU had embarked on an indefinite strike on March 23 over alleged shortcomings of IPPIS and failure of the Federal Government to honour its 2019 agreement.
But Ngige said the FG was ready for an integrity test of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution developed as an alternative to IPPIS by the varsity lecturers.
He noted that FG would consider the UTAS if it addresses the shortcomings identified in IPPIS.

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Industrial Action: Aviation Unions, FG Reach Agreement, Call Off Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 23, 2019
The Joint Aviation Unions that embarked on industrial action on yesterday to press home their demands have reached agreement with the Federal Government and called off the strike.
The unions are; the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers and Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals.
They are demanding among other things, the review of the staff condition of service, returning to the original organogram of NCAA and inauguration of the board of the authority.
The leadership of the unions went into closed door meeting with the outgoing Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika.
At the end of the meeting that lasted for about three hours, agreement was signed to resolve the issues amicably.


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Industrial Action: Doctors Walk Out In UK Health Service’s Biggest Strike. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 13, 2023
The unprecedented five-day stoppage over pay and staff retention is the latest in eight months of industrial action across the NHS, which is already reeling from a vast pandemic backlog.
Nurses, ambulance staff and other medical workers have all joined picket lines in recent months, adding to pressures on patient appointments.
The industrial action by junior doctors those below consultant level will run until 7:00 am on Tuesday.
It comes against a background of walk-outs across the economy from train drivers to lawyers over the past year as the UK battles a crippling cost-of-living crisis.
Senior hospital doctors, known as consultants, in England will also begin a 48-hour strike on July 20, with radiographers following suit from July 25.


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Industrial Action: Electricity Workers Suspend Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 12, 2019
The National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE hassuspended its strike action which started on Wednesday.
The Union’s General Secretary Joe Ajaero, in astatement, said this followed the agreement reached between the union andrepresentatives of the Federal Government this morning, on all the issues incontention.
The statement urged its members to return to their dutyposts while the union monitors the implementation of these agreements. It alsowarned that if the agreements are not implemented, the union would not hesitateto resume action.
Ajaero, had, in a statement, accused the Bureau of PublicEnterprise of failing to address and pay up over two thousand disengagedworkers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN since 2013.
He alleged underpayment of severance of over 50 thousandformer PHCN staff and illegal transfer of schools built by the union toinvestors.
The General Secretary also accused GENCOs of declining tosign Condition of Service and rules of engagement, adding that some DISCOs werealso denying the retirement benefits of some workers.

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Industrial Action: FG Faults Medical Association Of Failing To Fulfil Agreement - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 30, 2021
Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige stated that the 21-day demand the NMA gave the Federal Government was in direct collision with the MoU it signed on August 21.
Spokesman of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Charles Akpan, in a statement explained that the government was implementing its own side of the agreement, with effective monitoring by office of the minister.
He added that the technical committee set up in article-7 to curb the backlog of arrears was given four weeks effective Monday, August 31, 2021 to round off its assignments.


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Industrial Action: FG Meets NLC, TUC, Others Saturday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 01
September 12, 2020
The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, made this known in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting he held with the President, Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday.
Ngige said at the meeting slated for Saturday, officials would disclose the true state of government’s financial account to the labour leaders so that they can appreciate the challenges facing the nation. The minister, who briefed the President on the recent strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors which was suspended on Thursday, said Buhari had approved the meeting with the labour leaders.

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Industrial Action: FG Urges NLC To Call ASUU To Order - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
March 8, 2022
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige gave the advice at the opening ceremony of the 2022 edition of the National Labour Advisory Council, NLAC in Lagos. He stated this in a statement by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, in the ministry Charles Akpan.
The Minister also called on the Council to discuss, as part of its agenda, a workable recipe that appropriately conciliates disputes with associations that are not properly registered as trade unions, to ensure that they fully abide by the provisions of the law.
He noted that some associations in critical sectors of health and education such as Nigeria Medical Association, NMA National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD are in actual fact, not properly unionised. Ngige the NMA is not a trade union, the NARD is not a trade union. They are association of workers.
Earlier, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment and the chairman of the Council, Peter Tarfa said the meeting was a demonstration of the ministry’s commitment to regular meeting of the NLAC.


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Industrial Action: Labour Minister Urges Asuu To Educate Members Money Released By Government - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
December 17, 2021
Ngige, made the call when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja, in reaction to the threat by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to resume strike over non-implementation of the 2020 Memorandum of Action, MoA reached with the union.
He however insisted that ASUU had no moral justification to embark on another strike because the government had already made some huge payments to address some of their demands.
According to the Minister, the 2009 agreement, which is the other dispute that the union has, is still at the level of Collective Bargaining Agreement, CBA. He however added that the committee had advisors from Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labor and Employment, Minister of Budget and then Head of Service of the Federation and Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, because part of the renegotiation was the renegotiation of the conditions of service

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Industrial Action: Lawan Meets SSANU Today Over Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
July 22, 2019
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan is expected to meet with thePresident of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and someother leaders of the association today in his office.
The meeting is expected to avert the impending crisis inuniversities, as the non-teaching staff of the universities, under the umbrellaof Joint Action Committee, JAC, comprising SSANU and Non Academic Staff Unionof Universities and Associated Institutions, NASU, had on Friday, July 12,resolved to withdraw their services if the Federal Government failed to addresstheir grievances.
A letter to the SSANU President, dated July 17, 2019, withthe title, “Invitation to meet with the President of the Senate”.
The invitation was signed by the Clerk of the Senate, NelsonAyewoh, stated that the meeting would hold on July 22nd.


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Industrial action: Maritime Workers To Commence Strike March 1 Over Grievance With IOCs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (A.M)
February 16, 2022
In a letter dated February 14, 2022, to the Minister of Transportation,
Minister of Labour and Employment, and copied other relevant
stakeholders, the Union threatened to shut ports operations nationwide
from March 1, 2022, until the IOCs, comply with the laws.
The letter signed by the president-general and Secretary-General of
MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju and Felix Akingboye, respectively
said the Union at its meeting held Monday, January 24, 2022, vowed to
embark on an indefinite strike effective Tuesday, 1st March 2022 over
the International Oil Companies non-compliance with the Extant
Stevedoring Regulations known as Government Marine Notice 106 of
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Industrial Action: NASU, SSANU Begin Strike Today, Say It’ll Be Total - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 19, 2019
Non-Academic Staff Unions in Universities have directed allbranches and members to comply with the planned strike that commences today,declaring that it would be total and comprehensive.
The two unions, Non Academic Staff Union of Universities andAssociated Institutions, NASU and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities,SSANU, said within the period, there would be no form of concession or internalarrangement with management.
A circular signed by the President of SSANU and Chairman ofJoint Action Committee, JAC of the unions, Samson Ugwoke, and General-Secretaryof NASU, Peters Adeyemi, said any member or branch that defaulted would besanctioned.bar_stal�4�,i


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Industrial Action: NASU/ SSANU Start Indefinite Strike With Effect From Friday 5th - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
January 22, 2021
Read This: Education: 2020 UTME Begins Today – JAMB
General Secretary of the Non Academic Staff Union, Peter Adeyemi made this known to newsmen in Abuja while addressing them on the resolution of the joint action committee after the 3 day protest embarked by the committee, yielded no result
Two weeks notice effective from today 22nd January 2021 is to be issued to the government of this development.

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Industrial Action: National Assembly Workers Begin Strike Over Unpaid Salaries - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 6, 2022
PASAN issued the strike notice on Sunday via a statement issued by its Secretary-General, Hammed Awobifa.
In the statement titled, PASAN declares indefinite strike to demand full implementation of the revised conditions of service (2018), the association stated that the industrial action started after three notices to the management led by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Amos Ojo, within three weeks.
PASAN listed the items in the MoU signed by the parties to include 24 months’ arrears of minimum wage/consequential adjustment in which the management paid only 16 months, leaving a balance of eight months and 13 days, and full implementation of the conditions of service in the MOU signed in April 2021, to which its implementation had started but stopped.


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Industrial Action: NMA Urges FG To Withdraw Suit Against Resident Doctors - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 25, 2021
Enugu State Branch Chairman of the Association Jude Onyia, made the call in Enugu while speaking to newsmen, noting that at no time had court suits brought amicably settlement of industrial disputes.
He noted that the medical consultants might be working but it might not be effective and the number of patients to be attended to would be reduced as well.
Onyia, however, said the striking doctors are enjoying the sympathy of the general public, adding that it would be in the best interest of all for amicable settlement and plights of doctors looked into objectively.
It would be recalled that the Ministry of Health and the Federal Government through the Ministry of Labour approached the National Industrial Court through an ex-parte motion praying for order of interlocutory injunction restraining resident doctors in all States of the Federation from further continuing with the industrial action embarked on August 2.


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Industrial Action: NMA Warns FG Against Another Doctors’ Strike - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
May 14, 2019
President, Nigerian Medical Association, NMA Francis Faduyile has advised the Federal Government to urgently meet the demands of doctors under the aegis of the National Association of Resident Doctors to avert another strike.
Faduyile said that the government should do the needful and give the doctors their entitlements to avoid disruption of healthcare services in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the Association of Resident Doctors of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka in Anambra State began an indefinite strike over poor condition of service and lack of health infrastructure.
The resident doctors said they were embarking on the strike over the inability of the state government to honour the agreement it signed with the body on January 17, 2019 during its warning strike.


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Industrial Action: NUPENG Embarks On Indefinite Strike In Lagos Over Deplorable Roads, Others - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 8, 2020
The Union gave the directive in a statement signed by its National President, Williams Akporeha, and the General Secretary, Olawale Afolabi.
NUPENG explained that the move followed the failure of various authorities in the state to address three major issues that had caused petroleum tanker drivers pains in the state for several months.
It also lamented that it is sad and disheartening to note here that they have made several appeals and reports to the Lagos State Government and the Presidential Task Force for the decongestion of Apapa on these challenges but all to no avail.
NUPENG noted that they are left with no other option but to order the withdrawal of their services in Lagos until the State Government and other relevant stakeholders address these critical challenges.
It added that it had made wide consultations with various leadership organs of its union and with other key stakeholders in the oil and gas industry.

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Industrial Action: Resident Doctors Reject Federal Government Agreement - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 23, 2021
The Resident Doctors however, described the agreement as a disguised penalty for doctors, who are to bear the brunt of government’s failures.
It would be recalled that the Association on August 1 began a strike over alleged failure of Government to implement an agreement bordering on salaries and allowances.
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige had dragged the doctors before the National Industrial Court to decide on the matter.
However, the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA had led the Resident Doctors to a meeting summoned at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari to resolve the nationwide strike.
NARD National President Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa while briefing reporters, after the meeting with representatives of the Federal Government in Abuja, said he could not sign the MoU as a result of an undisclosed clause and announced that the strike would continue.


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Industrial Action: SSANU Gives FG February Ultimatum To Resolve Minimum Wage, IPPIS Issues - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 31, 2022
The Union in a communiqué issued at the end of its 41st National Executive Council, NEC meeting held at the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, decried the suffering its members are going through due to the chaotic nature of the implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payroll System, IPPIS.
It also frowned at the persistent insincerity and double-dealings of the Federal Government over agreements and memoranda of understanding seamlessly signed with labour unions.
The Communiqué recalled many pledges of the government to pay the agreed arrears of the new national minimum wage, noting that the promise is yet to be met after many months, saying the last promise being the end of October 2021.
It however pleaded with the government to keep to the promise of payment of the arrears of the new national minimum wage, which has already lost its value as of today. Also, the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals has urged the National Council on Establishment, NCE to ensure the immediate and full implementation of the circular on pharmacists’ consultant cadre.

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Industrial Action: SSANU, NASU Protest FG’s Failure To Meet Their Demands - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
August 6, 2019
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU andNon-Academic Staff Union of Universities held a joint protest in Ibadan todemand the implementation of a subsisting court judgement and other pressingissues.
The unions were demanding the implementation of the judgment ofthe National Industrial Court regarding Universities Staff School teachers’enrollment on government payroll, earned allowances and renegotiation of 2009agreement.
Addressing newsmen during the protest, which took place on theUniversity of Ibadan campus, the Chairman of SSANU, Wale Akinremi, who spoke onbehalf of the two unions, urged the Federal Government to respond to theirdemand to avert the impending strike.
Akinremi said that the protest became imperative after their attempt to draw federal government’s attention by due process failed.
Akinremi said that the associations had given the government a 14-day ultimatum after which they would proceed on a five day warning strike.

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Industrial Action: Stakeholders Call On FG To Continue Dialogue With ASUU - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 16, 2022
The stakeholders, who made the call in separate interviews with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, were of the opinion that the strike was coming at a time many institutions just resumed academic sessions.
A parent, Adenike Adesoga pleaded with the Government to continue with the discussion with ASUU to find a lasting solution to the persistent strikes. She also advised the government to be kind enough to meet the needs of the lecturers, saying the issues had dragged for too long.
A student of Enugu State University Chimaobi David expressed displeasure at the strike, saying that there would be disruption in the academic calendar which would prolong their years in school.
On her part, Princess Ejiga, a final year student lamented the ongoing strike action by ASUU, saying it would make some students be involved in crime and other social vices.
Also, the National President, National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Asefon expressed the Union’s association was displeasure at both parties for not putting measures in place to prevent the strike.


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Industrial Action: Student Union Begs Atiku, Tinubu, Others To Raise Funds For ASUU Demands - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 19, 2022
Chairman of NANS Ogun State Joint Campus Committee, JCC Kehinde Damilola Simeon, who made the call in a statement in Abeokuta, Ogun State, said the appeal to prominent personality to help ASUU became necessary following failure of Federal Government to grant the lecturers demands.
It also noted that all the presidential aspirants, especially those from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP should rise up and come to the rescue of Nigerian Students.
Meanwhile, protesting students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, were dispersed by soldiers. It was however learnt that the soldiers stormed the barricade of the protesting students along the Ife-Ibadan express road, and sent them away from the barricade.
Also, Chairman, of the National Association of University Students, NAUS Eruobami Ayobami, said the soldiers escorting a prominent personality from Ibadan stopped at the Ipetumodu roundabout close to Oduduwa University and attacked the protesters. He said the soldiers forcefully dismantled the barricade.


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Industrial Action: UK Nurses Vote To Strike Over Pay￼ - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 4
November 10, 2022
The move comes amid a cost-of-living crisis that the union says has left its members struggling to feed their families and pay their bills.
The industrial action is expected to begin before the end of the year, with dates to be announced soon.
Bosses in the state-funded National Health Service, NHS, said in September that nurses were skipping meals to feed and clothe their children and were struggling to afford rising transport costs.
One in four hospitals has set up foodbanks to support staff, NHS Providers, which represents hospital groups in England.
The RCN is calling for a pay rise of five percent above inflation.
Barclay said the government would work to limit the impact of the strikes on patients in a sector already hit by staff shortages since Brexit and a backlog of appointment delays since the pandemic.

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Industrial Arbitration Panel To Be Upgraded To Commission – Minister - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 18, 2021
It said the move would ensure more efficient and speedy resolution of industrial disputes between employers and employees.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this when he received Federal Arbitrators from the IAP during a courtesy visit in Abuja.
Ngige said this in a statement signed by a Deputy Director in the ministry Charles Akpan.
The minister, who commended the arbitrators for discharging their duties happily and creditably, disclosed that the proposed commission would operate with its own bureaucracy.
He recalled that the IAP, which came into existence 40 years ago, gave birth to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria NICN.
According to him, it is because of the IAP that the Federal Government decided that there should be a gradation of the labour law to establish the National Industrial Court of Nigeria.

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Industrial Regulation: New Certificate Verification Guidelines In Nigeria’s Best Interest — NMCN. - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 13, 2024
The Nigeria and Midwifery Council has said that the new certificate verification guideline for nurses is in the best interest of the nation.
Recall that nurses under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Abuja chapter, on Monday, protested against the new verification certification guidelines released by the Nigeria Midwifery Council.
The nurses expressed displeasure over what they described as an attempt to hinder their freedom to pursue career opportunities, asking the council to address nurses’ welfare, salary scale, shortage of staff, and other rights.
The NMCN is the only legal, administrative, corporate and statutory body charged with performing specific functions on behalf of the Federal Government to ensure the delivery of safe and effective Nursing and Midwifery care to the public through quality education and best practices.
The council is mandated by law to regulate the standards of Nursing and Midwifery education and practice in Nigeria and to review such standards from time to time to meet the changing health needs of the society.

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Industrial Relations: ASUU Wants FG’s Visitation Panel To Halt Crises In Universities - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Editor 2
September 21, 2019
President,Academic Staff Union of Universities,ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, has called on theFederal Government to send a visitation panel to universities to douse tensionand prevent further breakdown of industrial relations in campuses.
Ogunyemitold Newsmen on Saturday that this was necessary following continued reports ofintimidation and harassment of some of its members in some universities in thecountry.
Hesaid that the union was worried about actions of some vice chancellors tosuppress the union’s activities in campuses, saying such visitation panel wouldpromote industrial harmony.
Withinthe last few months, there have been reports of dismissal of some ASUU membersin some universities, while some Vice Chancellors proscribed union’sactivities.
Ogunyemisaid the union was worried about the non-inclusion of the university workers’allowances into the 2019 budget, but expressed optimism that it would be fullypaid in the 2020 budget.

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Industrial Strike Action: Court To Hear Federal Government, Resident Doctors, Clash Friday - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 15, 2021
The presiding, Justice Bashar A. Alkali fixed the date on Wednesday after hearing submissions from both parties.
Counsel to the Resident Doctors, Femi Falana, SAN had raised the matter of the Court’s jurisdiction and had required that his application challenging the Court’s jurisdiction to be taken.
He however, applied that the Court should instruct that parties should return to the mediation table if they were to align with the request for postponement. Falana also argued that it is in line with the order of the Court that had directed all parties to suspend all forms of aggression.
On his part, the counsel to the Federal Government, Tochukwu Maduka said the issue of contempt is yet to be taken, but however argued that the issue of contempt should take precedence over the issue of prerogative.
Maduka also required time to respond to their preliminary objection.

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Industrialisation: African Leaders Proffer Solutions To Continent’s Challenge - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 29, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that Nigeriahad liberalised its energy policy on power generation and distribution to allowinvestors generate power and sell to willing buyers, as opposed to the old,centralised practice where energy generators were obliged to produce and poolenergy in the national grid for distribution nationwide.
He said the latest development was aimed atattracting investment to the sector and encourages industrialisation in thecountry, noting that African youths possessed enormous talents and strength totransform the continent.
Buhari made this known through Vice President YemiOsinbajo at the 2019 edition of the Tony Elumelu Foundation EntrepreneurshipForum, where African leaders in politics and business, as well as captains ofindustry, gathered to discuss and provide workable solutions to the continent’sindustrialisation challenge.
In attendance were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Macky Sall of Senegal, Felix Tshisekedi ofthe Democratic Republic of Congo and the Prime Minister of Uganda, RuhakanaRugunda.


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Industry Minister Commends Buhari On Reappointment Of ITF DG - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 24, 2020
In a statement in Abuja by Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, said the approval was contained in a letter to the minister via the Chief of Staff CoS to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, dated July 16, 2020.
The permanent secretary in a letter conveying the approval to the D-G, urged him to continue to deliver on the agency’s mandate and to assist President to deliver on his promise of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next ten years.
The minister further urged Ari to work hard and cooperate with the management as well as other members of staff of the organisation to move the agency forward.


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INEC Assures Nigerians Of Free, Fair, Credible Exercise At All Times - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 1, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says itwill ensure that free, fair and credible elections are conducted at all times.
The commission said this in a statement issued by the ChiefPress Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, while acknowledging thereport on the 2019 general elections released by the Situation Room.
Oyekanmi said that INEC was determined to ensure that free,fair and credible elections were conducted at all times.
The chief press secretary said though the report was yet tobe shared, INEC would study the reports released by the national andinternational observers accredited for the polls.
According to him, INEC is conscious of its responsibilitiesand expectations of all Nigerians.

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INEC Begins Distribution Of PVCs, Display Of Voters Register - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 11, 2022
The office also said that the preliminary voters register of all those who have registered would be on display beginning from Saturday.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner REC in Edo, Obo Efanga, made this known during a handing and taking over ceremony organised by the office.
He noted that the office has received the non-sensitive materials for the elections adding that, sensitive materials would arrived closed to the election.
Efanga noted that the outcome of the last governorship election in Edo was a pointer that a lot had changed with INEC.

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INEC Budget: NASS Uncovers N503m Additional Spending - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 25, 2019
The NationalAssembly Joint Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC hasraised concern about the additional budgetary spending of over five hundred andthree million naira by INEC without applying for virement from the NationalAssembly.
Thediscovery was made during the 2019/2020 budget defence session by the commissionbefore the committee.
IbrahimBabangida raised the issue when he asked the INEC Chairman Yakubu Mohmud toexplain why the commission unilaterally chose which of the budgetary item to effectextra budgetary spending.
He said thatthe action of the commission was in contravention of the 1999 Constitution thatstipulates that funds should not be expended outside what has been appropriatedby the National Assembly.
Fred Agbedi,also asked the INEC Chairman to tell the committee the extant laws thecommission relied on to spend money beyond appropriation.
In hisdefence, the INEC Chairman said that the spending was based on emergencysituations and in line with the independence of the commission to carryout itsresponsibilities.

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INEC: Buhari To Receive ‘Certificate Of Return’ By 2pm Today - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 27, 2019
Buhari To Receive ‘Certificate Of Return’ By 2pmToday
The President-elect and winner of the just concludedpresidential election, Muhammadu Buhari, will get his ‘Certificate of Return’by 2pm on Wednesday, February 27.
This was the disposition of the INEC Chairman,Yakubu Mahmood after declaring the candidate of the All Progressives CongressAPC as President-elect, following final collation of results in the early hoursof Wednesday.
Buhari, who is the incumbent President, defeated thecandidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar, to emerge winnerin the keenly contested poll.

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INEC Chairman Says Elections In Nigeria Tough Task, Urges Media Support - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 25, 2021
Yakubu spoke at a Strategic Interactive Meeting with Online Publishers organised by INEC in collaboration with the Institute for Media and Society and the International Press Centre, and held in Lagos.
The theme of the meeting was “Strengthening INEC/Media Partnership for the Consolidation of Free, Fair, Credible and Inclusive Elections”.
According to him, Nigeria’s size and population make it one of the biggest democracies in the world and the largest presidential democracy after the United States of America.
Yakubu, who called for stronger INEC/Media partnership to foster strong democratic Nigeria, said that the task of deepening Nigeria’s democracy was a collective duty.

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INEC Charges Parties On Inclusiveness, Internal Democracy - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 30, 2022
Deputy Director in-charge of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  Gender and Exclusivity Department, Ndidi Okafor, made the call at the ‘He for She’ event for promoting women`s inclusiveness in politics in Abuja.
The event was organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, in collaboration with the Government of Canada and the United Nations Women.
She explained that INEC gender policy was to ensure women’s inclusion in politics, as well as maginalised groups and people living with disabilities.
The Deputy Director added that the Commission had been meeting regularly with political parties to charge their leadership to ensure internal party democracy and women inclusion in politics.
A Senior Fellow at the CDD West Africa, who was the guest speaker, Jibril Ibrahim, said men should be the change agents to address inequality, violation and harassment of women.
Also, the UN Women representatives in Nigeria and ECOWAS, Beatrice Eyong, stated that there was need for men to give women more support in terms of providing legislative backing.

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INEC Detects Several Double Registrants In Continuous Voter Registration - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 13, 2022
Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has detected many double, multiple and ineligible registration in the Continuous Voter Registration CVR held between January 1 and July 31.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja.
He stated that the irregularities were discovered during the cleaning up of the voters register using the Automated Biometric Identification System ABIS.
INEC had earlier declared that out of the 2,523,458 registration done between June 28, 2021 and Jan. 14, 2022, records of 1,126,359 registrants were found to be invalid and they were consequently delisted.

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INEC Did Not Deny Anyone The Opportunity To Get Permanent Voter Card – Official - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 20, 2022
Its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, refuted the claim in Abuja.
Okoye said that INEC’s attention was drawn to media reports that about seven million Nigerians who applied for the PVC online during the last Continuous Voter Registration were denied the opportunity.
Okoye explained that this was in addition to the walk-in option at physical registration centres, where registrants could begin and complete their registration without going through the online pre-registration procedure.
Okoye added that out of the morethan 7 million who did not complete their registration, over 4 million attempted but either did not complete online pre-registration or abandoned it and went for the physical registration.

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INEC: Edo, Ondo Polls Must Hold To Avert Constitutional Crisis - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 12, 2020
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said Edo and Ondo gubernatorial elections must hold in order to avert a constitutional crisis.
It explained that the timetable and schedule of activities for the two elections would be released on June 1.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Voter Education and Publicity, Festus Okoye, who stated this added that it’s not the electoral body that’s insisting that the governorship elections in the two states be conducted but the constitution.
Okoye said if INEC fails to conduct the two elections within the constitutional time frame, it means the electoral body has lost its rights to fix the date for elections and that responsibility would now fall on political authorities under Sections 180 and 305 to fix a date for elections.
He added that INEC as a constitutional body derives its powers directly from the constitution as Section 178 of the constitution as well as Section 25 of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended, empower INEC to conduct elections at a specific period.


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INEC, EFCC Disagree On Electoral Offences Commission - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 25, 2022
To INEC, the commission would not only help to take the campaign against electoral malpractices to highly placed sponsors but relieve it of the extra burden of prosecuting all electoral offenders.
But the EFCC countered the electoral umpire, arguing that the EOC  was unnecessary. The anti-graft agency argued that different laws already empowered it, the Police, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other- Related Offences Commission ICPC to arrest and prosecute electoral offenders.
INEC and the EFCC  made their positions known during a one-day public hearing of a “Bill for an Act to Establish the National Electoral Offences Commission and Related Matters 2022” conducted by the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters in Abuja.
The bill which is a consolidation of four private member bills as well as the version passed by the Senate provides for an imprisonment of up to 20 years or a fine of 40 million naira or both for the offence of obstructing vote-counting and other acts inhibiting the electoral process.


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INEC: Elections In Nigeria Are Like War - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 28, 2019
Independent NationalElectoral Commission INEC’s national commissioner for Edo, Rivers and BayelsaStates, May Agbumuche-Mbu, has lamented the degree of violence often associatedwith elections in Nigeria, saying it is akin only to a war situation.
Agbamuche-Mbu, whonarrated as an example, what happened in Rivers State during the recent 2019general election at a two-day seminar at the Electoral Institute in Abuja,however, sued for caution ahead of the November 16 governorshipelections in Bayelsa and Kogi States.
In similar spirit,another INEC national commissioner, Amina Zakari, explained why inconclusiveelections might be inevitable in certain instances, noting that where it wasestablished that genuine voters had been disenfranchised by any means possible,it behooves the commission to capture the votes of such demographics.
On his part, a fellownational commissioner and chairman of the two-day seminar, which heldpreparatory to the Bayelsa and Kogi elections, Solomon Adedeji Soyebi, alreadyforesaw a heavily monetised exercise in Bayelsa and Kogi, saying there would beintense vote-buying.

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INEC: Electoral Empire Denies Resignation Of ICT Director - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 22, 2019
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission has refuted claims that its Directorof Information and Communication Technology Chidi Nwafor has resigned.
Thecommission made the clarification in a notice on its official twitter handle@inecnigeria, on Saturday.
Itdescribed the rumour as false, urging members of the public to disregard it.
Thecommission twitted also said Neither Nwafor nor any senior staff has resignedhis appointment or indicated such intention, since the elections


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INEC Expresses Discontentment Over Conflicting Court Orders - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 7, 2021
INEC National Chairman, Mahmoud Yakubu made this known at the commission’s quarterly meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja, adding that the conflicting orders were making the work of the commission difficult. He also noted that by the same token, the chairmen and leaders of political parties had a role to play.
In his remarks, chairman Inter-party Advisory Council, IPAC Leonard Nzenwa, also expressed concern on the conflicting court Judgments, noting that court of competent jurisdiction in the country on political matters had become embarrassing and theatrical.
He however, decried the recent rejection of electronic transmission of results by the national assembly, while calling on all stakeholders to still persuade their elected representatives to listen to the voice of the people and support the electronic transfer of election results.

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INEC Has Implemented Many Recommendations On 2019 General Elections-Yakubu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 3, 2022
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said this at the commission’s meeting with the European Union EU Election Observation Follow-up Mission, led by the Head of EU Observation Mission, Maria Arena, in Abuja.
Yakubu said that immediately after the 2019 general election, INEC undertook a comprehensive review of the election observation reports by accredited domestic and international observers.
He said beyond that, INEC conducted its own internal review involving the commission’s regular and ad-hoc officials and subsequently expanded it to include political parties, civil society organisations, security agencies and media organisations.
Earlier in her remarks, Arena, said the purpose of the mission was to assess how recommendations made on the 2019 general elections had been implemented.


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INEC Inaugurates Committee To Review Strategies On Election Security - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 27, 2020
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has inaugurated a sub-committee to review election security strategies.
Thecommission’s Director of Publicity and Voter Education, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi in astatement, said the nine-member committee was inaugurated by INEC Chairman,Mahmood Yakubu in Abuja.
According tothe statement, members of the committee chaired by INEC National CommissionerTijani Mu’azu, were drawn from the Department of State Services, DSS; Office ofthe Chief of Defense Staff, Nigeria Police Force, as well as the NigeriaSecurity and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
Othermembers of the committee were from the Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC andOffice of the National Security Adviser NSA.
It alsolisted INEC National Commissioners Okechukwu Ibeanu and Mohammed Lecky asmembers of the committee.
It quotedMahmood, represented by Mu’azu, at the ceremony as stressing the need to reviewexisting election security strategies to advance the course of violence-freepolls.

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INEC Insists C’river Rec’s Resignation Is Unacceptable - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 17, 2019
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission, INEC says  the process in which the Resident ElectoralCommissioner in Cross River, Frankland Briyai, resigned to join partisanpolitics, is unacceptable.
Thecommission, in a statement issued in Abuja, quoted INEC National Commissionerand Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, asmaking the clarification.
Okoyemade the clarification at the opening of a National Strategy Meeting onCapturing Disaggregated Data of Persons with Disabilities.
Hesaid that alhough Briyai had the right to join a political party and to contestelection, the way he made public his intention to join partisan politics wasnot comply with due process.
Okoyealso said that contrary to reports that INEC had removed him, the commissiononly withdrew the powers conferred on him.
Thenational commissioner said the truth is that the commission does not have thepower to sack or dismiss any REC because it is not the appointing authority.
He said  that all INEC RECs  were appointed by the President, subject to confirmation by  Senate and could only be removed in the same process.


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INEC Materials Storage: We Will Engage In Talks With CBN – Festus Okoye - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 18, 2022
In June, INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, had stated that sensitive election materials would no longer be “routed” through the apex bank as the “current circumstances”, would require an alternative by the body for its storage solutions.
This follows the controversy surrounding the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele’s political ambition for the top seat of the nation.
However, in an interview Okoye warned that INEC was in for a logistics nightmare if it doesn’t have a form of parley with the CBN over its election materials storage issues.
Okoye also insisted that the recently concluded elections in Ekiti and Osun governorship storage measures will not be tenable going into the general elections in 2023.


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INEC, NYSC Sign Reviewed MoU - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 23, 2022
The daily bulletin issued by the commission said that the MoU was jointly signed by INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, and the NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim.
The bulletin quoted Yakubu as saying this was not the first, but a review to the existing agreement between both organisations.
Yakubu said that the MoU is governed by the laws of Nigeria and it shows INEC commitments and seriousness particularly to security and welfare of the Corps members.
He said that the MoU would provide insurance cover for all ad-hoc staff under the INEC personnel hazard policy for the period of engagement.
Yakubu commending the selflessness, dedication and commitment of members of the NYSC scheme’s contribution towards the successful conduct of elections in the country, saying “Nigeria is Fortunate to have the NYSC”.


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INEC Presents List Of New Voters To Political Parties - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 2, 2022
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee Festus Okoye, made this known in a statement in Abuja.
Okoye said the commission met and deliberated on a number of issues, including the ongoing registration of voters.
He said that the commission also discussed implementation of the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general election which was released on February 26.
According to Section 10 of the Electoral Act 2022 the Commission shall, within 60 days after each year, provide to every political party the names and addresses of each person registered during that year.
Okoye said that with the presentation of the soft copies, INEC has implemented part of the activities on the timetable for the 2023 general election.


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INEC Promotes 1,985 Staff - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 23, 2021
INEC in its bulletin obtained in Abuja said that the promotion came on the heels of the 2021 promotion examination and evaluation carried out by the commission.
It noted that the promotion was in furtherance to INEC commitment to the welfare and development of its staff.
A breakdown of the figure indicates that 12 deputy directors on Grade Level 16 were promoted to the post of Directors on Grade Level 17, while 78 assistant directors on Grade Level 15 were elevated to the position of deputy directors on Grade Level 16.
Also promoted to the assistant director cadre were 92 officers who were elevated from Grade Level 14 to Grade Level 15, and 971 other senior staff were promoted to Grade Levels between 07 to 14.

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INEC Publishes Notice Of 2023 General Elections - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2022
The notice, which was published on Monday in each state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, contained the dates for the elections, and the places where the nomination papers would be delivered.
From the schedule of activities for the 2023 polls, released on Saturday, political parties are expected to begin collection of forms from INEC from March 1, 2022.
According to the INEC, the presidential and national assembly elections will now hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023; while governorship and state house of assembly elections will hold on March 11, 2023.


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INEC Registration: Online Voter Register Rises To More Than One Million - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 28, 2021
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday
said over one million Nigerians have registered four weeks after the
commencement of its online pre-registration exercise which started on
June 28, 2021.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter
Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said this in a statement, in Abuja.
Okoye said as of on Monday, the number of new registrants has risen to
1,006,661.
According to him, the detailed distribution of the registrants by age,
state/FCT, gender, occupation and disability for week four of the
exercise has been uploaded on the commission’s website and social
media platforms.
Okoye said the exact locations of the designated centres have already
been uploaded to INEC’s website and social media platforms.
For further details, citizens are encouraged to contact INEC state offices
through the dedicated telephone numbers provided in the uploaded
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INEC Rejects 14 Invalid Nominations In Kogi/Bayelsa As 19 Parties Withdraw - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 28, 2019
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC hasrejected fourteen invalid submitted nominations by political parties for the November16 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information andVoter Education Committee, Festus Okoye in a statement in Abuja also announcedthat nineteen political parties willingly withdrew their nominations for theelections.
Okoye said that out of the fourteen rejected invalidnominations, eight were from Kogi six nominations were also rejected fromBayelsa states.
He said that at the close of nomination twenty threepolitical parties would be contesting in Kogi as eighteen parties withdrew fromthe race, while in Bayelsa one party withdrew leaving 45 political parties tocontest the state election.
Okoye recalled that INEC monitored the primaries conductedfor nomination of candidates for the two states, in which it on September 12,informed the public that sixty four political parties conducted primaries inBayelsa and fifty nine in Kogi.

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INEC Removes Alhassan Ado Doguwa’s Name From List Of Election Winners - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 7, 2023
It will be recalled that INEC had declared him as the winner of the February 25 election in Doguwa/Tudunwada constituency.
The returning officer, Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai had earlier announced that Doguwa of the All Progressives Congress, APC polled 39,732 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yushau Salisu Abdullahi of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP who polled 34,798 votes.
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INEC Says Cost Of Operations, Logistics Enormous - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 18, 2019
The IndependentNational Electoral Commission, INEC has described the cost of operations andlogistics in the country as enormous.
INEC NationalCommissioner and Chairman of the Board of The Electoral Institute, SolomonShoyebi said that the Commission would continue to review the cost ofelections.
A statement by INECDirector of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, quoted Shoyebias making the assertion at a one-day round table held in Abuja with the theme:“Revisiting the Template for INEC’s Election Operations and Logistics Plan’’.It was organised by the Commission through its Training, Research andDocumentation outfit, the Electoral Institute, TEI.
Shoyebi said the costof election operation and logistics is enormous and it’s an exercise theCommission continues to review from one election to another.
It also quoted NationalCommissioner Amina Zakari as urging all stakeholders to own the process by dispensingpositive and productive attitudes that could promote an enduring electoralenvironment.@��&���


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INEC Set To Conduct By-Election In Kaduna - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 12, 2021
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said it had concluded all arrangements to conduct by-election for Lere Federal Constituency in Kaduna state.
Head of INEC, North-West Team, Haruna Mohammed, gave the assurance during a stakeholder’s meeting held at the headquarters of the commission in Kaduna.
It will be recall that INEC had fixed August 14 for the Lere Federal Constituency by-election to elect a representive that will occupy the seat following the demise of late Suleiman Lere, who died in April this year.
Mohammed said that sensitive and non-sensitive materials for the exercise had arrived Kaduna, adding that  the ballot papers and all the necessary forms where results would be imputed, were already at the Central Bank office in Kaduna.
The official then assured that the commission would ensure a free, fair and credible election and therefore solicited for the cooperation of  members of the public.


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INEC Swears-In 2 Recs For Cross Rivers, Taraba - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 22, 2020
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, has sworn-in two new Resident Electoral Commissioners for Cross Rivers and Taraba.
Those sworn-in are Alalibo Johnson from Bayelsa, andUmar Gajiram, from Borno.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, at the ceremony, saidthat Johnson would be deployed to Cross Rivers, to replace the former REC ofthe State, while Gajiram replaced the former REC, of Taraba, who died a fewmonths ago.
Mahmood congratulated the new RECs, advising them todischarge their responsibilities in line with the Constitution and laws guidingthe Xommission.
Mahmood also spoke on the Commission’s readiness forthe Saturday court-ordered re-run elections in 11 States, and said that therewould not be substitution of candidates in the affected elections andconstituencies.

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Inec Ta Yi Alƙawarin Ba Jam'Iyyun Pdp Da Lp Damar Duba Kayan Zaɓen Shugaban Ƙasa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 15, 2023
Shugaban hukumar zabe ta kasa Farfesa Mahmood Yakubu,
ya ce hukumar ba ta da wani abu da za ta ɓoye a zaɓen da ake
taƙaddama a kan sa.
Jam’iyyun PDP da Labour dai su na son duba kayan zaɓen ne,
domin su samu damar shirya wa ƙarar da za su shigar ta
ƙalubalantar sakamakon zaɓen.
Idan dai baa manta ba, Jam’iyyar Labour ta yi barazanar
shirya zanga-zanga ta ƙasa baki ɗaya idan hukumar zabe ta
hana ta duba kayayyakin da aka yi amfani da su a zaben
shugaban kasa.


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INEC To Begin Review Of 2023 General Election In July - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
June 23, 2023
This is contained in a statement signed by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee Festus Okoye.
The statement was issued after the commission’s regular meeting in Abuja.
Okoye said that the decision was in line with the commission’s practice over the years.
He explained that the review would focus on all aspects of the electoral activities before, during and after the elections.
He said that the review would involve the commission’s officials at national and state levels as well as stakeholders with a view to learning lessons and charting the way forward.
He explained that INEC welcomes actionable recommendations from stakeholders towards strengthening institutional capacity for the discharge of its responsibilities and the enhancement of processes and procedures.